Minyoso Surname

422,941st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 819 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Minyoso Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Minyoso Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya8181:56,4555,603
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Minyoso (18) may also be a first name.

Minyoso Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Minyoso Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Minyoso is found most in Kenya. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Minyoso? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 422,941st most frequently held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 8,898,102 people. The surname Minyoso is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Minyoso reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 65 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 18 people.

The last name is most common in Kenya, where it is held by 818 people, or 1 in 56,455. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Vihiga County, where 56 percent reside, Kakamega County, where 18 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 10 percent reside. Besides Kenya it exists in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 0 percent reside.

Minyoso Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mignoso8653/
Minhoso8612/
Minyaso861/
Minioso861/
Mignosso808/
Minhosso801/
Minyasso801/
Miñoso77232/
Miniso775/
Mignosa71653/
Minesso71370/
Minyasa7112/
Menioso718/
Miniosa716/
Menyosa712/
Mainiso712/
Minoisa711/
Mineeso710/
Mignisso6713/
Minojosa6712/
Mainisso679/
Minitsos672/
Minissou671/
Minisios671/
Minhisou671/
Maigneossou671/
Mainesot671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Minyoso
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